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Subject: Re: Moderation this forum is not a zero-sum game

Author: Jason Williamson

Date: 21:32:05 09/10/00

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On September 09, 2000 at 12:55:34, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:

>Hello again,
>
>Let me jog your memory a little, regarding Thorsten.
>
>What I said was (a quote):
>
>"To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic, the
>way Thorsten's mind seems to be working, is difficult to accomodate in a forum
>of this type."
>
>As you can see, I never said that Thorsten should be censored, I just said that
>he is difficult to accommodate in a forum like CCC.  Another thing is that I
>personally never censored him as this is my first time ever as moderator.
>
>Thorsten _is_ posting even now and taking part in discussions on CCC, using an
>alias.  I do think that he should start using his real name, but it's up to him
>right now as long as he respects the Charter.
>
>You:  during the "Hans Gerber" time, you asked the moderators  to re-activate
>your account, which they did. After a few days you posted your username and
>password and were formally suspended indefinitely.  Right?   At the beginning of
>the previous moderators' mandate you didn't have an account with your own name
>because you had asked that it be disabled during some earlier argument. Then you
>made multiple fake accounts and caused havoc.  Right?
>
>ChessBase:  I do write little things every now and then for the German magazine
>"Computerschach und Spiele" and I do test some of the ChessBase products.  That
>should not make me sycophantic at all with regard to the company -- I think that
>I see the shortcomings of ChessBase products quite clearly and regularly write
>about these to the ChessBase people.  Computer chess is a hobby for me, I do not
>make any money out of it.  It just so happens that ChessBase is still producing
>the best databases and chess playing programs, IMO, of course.
>
>Naturally, there are other interesting programs that I like and respect (let me
>mention only a few):  Shredder, Tiger, Rebel, Crafty and Chess System Tal, etc.
>The latter is wonderful, serendipitous and fun to play against.  And strong,
>especially against humans.   Although I have been attached to Fritz ever since
>the times of Knight Stalker (Fritz 1), I recognise the worth of other programs
>and try not to question other people's tastes when discussing programs' merits.
>And, least of all, do I try to question other people's efforts: thousands and
>thousands of hours put into testing programs by the SSDF, for example.
>
>Discussion in this forum _can_ be open-minded and democratic.  The only thing
>needed is decency.
>
>***  Djorde

Why did they ever change the name from Knight Stalker, that name was so cool.
:)))

JW



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